School Board OKs resignations and hires seven teachers
The board approved the resignations of two teachers Miss Virginia D. Meigs and Mrs. Jerry L. Troxell effective May 31 to pursue graduate work. Seven new teachers were hired for 1963-64, along with a new secretary Mrs. Jane Elizabeth French at Highlands Elementary.
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Virginia D. Meigs
Horace Mann Junior School
Jerry L. Troxell
Ross Sterling High School
Jane Elizabeth French
Highlands
Edith M. Smith
Dave Sherron
Carolyn Bethell
Bethell
Texas Tech
Tech
Richard H. Bethell
Sue Ellen French
Texas
French
John M. Grey
University of Texas At Arlington
Joyce J. Sanches
Fairborn
Ohio
Highlands Elementary
Baton Rouge
TV Networks Trim Laugh-In and Smothers Hour Skits
The Sun reports NBC cut about 14 minutes from Rowan and Martin Laugh-In citing good taste after George IV joke in Texas accent and omitted lines about racial differences. CBS replaced a rerun of Smothers Brothers due to racially pointed material. Officials warn topicals risk backfire as networks rethink bold humor.
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Hunter New York
Rowan and Martin
NBC
John Byner
George IV
Texas
Colonies
Vietnam
Flip Wilson
Johnson
Hanoi
Martin Luther King Jr
CBS
King Day Proposed by Senate’s Only Negro Senator
Washington AP The Senate's only Black member Senator Edward Brooke proposes designating January 15 as Martin Luther King Day. He would have Congress urge the president to issue an annual proclamation for national observance with ceremonies and prayer.
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Washington
Senate
Martin Luther King
Sen
Edwand W. Brooke
Rmass
Congress
U.S. Wheat Allotments Shrink As Signups Lagg
Washington AP reports many wheat growers skip the 1968 wheat control program, risking loss of payments totaling over 100 million dollars. Overall program payments may near 3 billion as farms pledge about 50 million acres of wheat for idle allotments, with unsigned acreage exceeding 9 million acres.
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Washington
Mississippi River
Great Plains
Agriculture Department
Indiana
Ohio
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